welcome to bbc news we begin in sudan where the situation remains fluid thousands of people are still continuing to make perilousjourneys to leave the country , before a 72 hour ceasefire ends. the un, the us and neighbouring countries are all involved in diplomatic efforts to try and extend it. south sudan says the sudanese army commander general abdul fattah al burhan has accepted its proposal for face to face talks. but the leader of the rival rapid support forces has not yet responded. clashes have been reported, with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country despite the fragile truce. but it has given some relief to civilians caught up in the violence in khartoum and other areas. many are leaving on flights and thousands more, sudanese and otherforeign nationals have managed to flee to saudia arabia by boat others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti. at the airfield in khartoum, desperate crowds with just one hope, to escape. everyone
ail alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. a sixth officer has been let go. they won t say if preston hemphill will face charges. that footage was released with the other video. we have a warning because the body cam clip we are about to show is disturbing. in this video from hemphill s camera he is seen unufiring a t. they found him. martin and all them are over there chasing him. i hope they stomp his ass. i hope they stomp his ass. smith is calling for other cars. his lawyer says hemphill was on scene and they say he was a member of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. the five former memphis officers charged with second degree murder also belong to that anti-crime unit. over the weekend it was deactivated permanently. with us is john miller, chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst. so, the sixth officer now has been relieved of duty. do we expect more charges to come? well, he was relieved of duty, we understand, at the same time all the others were. the differ
take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. good afternoon. it s a year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine and there are no signs that the conflict is coming to an end. there have been huge casualties on both sides and millions of people have become refugees. the conflict has also affected the global economy, threatening supplies of food and energy. speaking in kyiv earlier, ukraine s president zelensky says his country will do everything it can to achieve victory this year and wouldn t stop until those he called russian murderers had faced punishment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning, and has been looking back at the last 12 months with some of those who he s spoken to along the way. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato bel
we have come out in a way that is in conjunction with what the family has asked for. they have been peaceful in protest, but they are very, very disturbed. we re out here today because we believe that no one else should go through what tyre nichols went through. they are grateful that the video came out so now the whole world knows what happened, that he was defenseless, that he was helpless. look how they grabbed him out of the car. there was no human inside of those men. maybe we do have faith and hope that the system is going to get it right this time. i m pamela brown in washington and you are in the cnn newsroom. horrifying cruelty and the heartless disregard for a dying man. today, outraged americans are holding small and mostly peaceful protests. in memphis and several other cities protesters are making their voices heard in support of tyre nichols. his deadly beating at the hands of five memphis police officers is captured on video and released to the pu
correspondents in russia and in ukraine. also this lunchtime. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead, two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. a claim that the clock is ticking for british farmers as they struggle with high inflation, labour shortages and climate change. and it s empty desk friday the world s biggest trial of a four day working week where you do fewer hours for the same pay. and coming up on the bbc news channel england take on pakistan in theirfinal women s t20 world cup group game looking to win and remain unbeaten in the tournament. good afternoon. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two hour state of the nation address delayed from december. he claimed the west is seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation. the existence of our country is at stake, he said. he also announced he s suspendi